The Three Kingdoms are invincible

Huang Zhong has been a little torn lately.

Gao Shun asked Zhang Ji to go out to diagnose and treat Huang Xu, and successfully cured Huang Xu's chronic illnesses for many years, which was tantamount to making himself owe the other party a huge favor.

Although Zhang Ji said that because Huang Xu's body foundation was not well established when he was young, even if he recovers now, it is estimated that it will be difficult to live past 50 years old.But even so, what else could Huang Zhong complain about?You know, none of the doctors invited in the past thought that Huang Xu could live past the age of 15 safely. Now that his son has increased his life span by more than [-] years, how could Huang Zhong feel dissatisfied?

It's just that this debt of favor is really too big, so big that Huang Zhong can't repay it at all.

How could Huang Zhong not understand Gao Shun's thoughts?I will save your son's life, and you will serve my lord Cao Cao.

However, Huang Zhong never had the idea of ​​serving Cao Cao.Cao Cao was the culprit in conquering Wancheng, how could he work for him?

Even if his beloved son could prolong his life, Huang Zhong still didn't want to serve Cao Jun.However, the grace of saving his son is as heavy as Mount Tai, and it has been weighing on Huang Zhong's heart, making him extremely troubled.

After Huang Xu recovered from his illness, Gao Shun also came to see Huang Zhong, and revealed his intention to recruit him for Cao Cao.Huang Zhong didn't want to agree to this, but the other party had a great favor to him, so Huang Zhong didn't want to sternly drive him out.After deliberating over and over again, Huang Zhong finally gave an ambiguous answer like "Let me think about it for a few more days".

Cao Cao also learned of Huang Zhong's bravery from Gao Shun, and Cao Cao, who loves talent like his life, naturally wanted to include this brave general in his account.Cao Cao also heard about the relationship between Gao Shun and Huang Zhong. Gao Shun saved Huang Zhong's beloved son, but he still couldn't completely convince the other party to vote for Cao.Regarding this, Cao Cao thought about it for a while, and soon became concerned. After all, when it comes to understanding and controlling people's hearts, Cao Cao is undoubtedly much better than Gao Shun.On the second day after Gao Shun failed to recruit Huang Zhong, Cao Cao presented himself to Emperor Han, and named Liu Pan, the former prefect of Wancheng, General of Pingnan and posthumous posthumous title of Marquis of Gang.

Huang Zhong's reluctance to serve him does not lie in Liu Biao, but in Liu Pan. Rather than saying that Huang Zhong is loyal to Liu Biao, it is better to say that he cannot let go of Liu Pan's kindness.Cao Cao pursued Liu Pan to show Huang Zhong: "I didn't intend to harm Liu Pan. On the contrary, I respect him very much."

Anyway, chasing a deceased general will not cause any loss to himself, but can win Huang Zhong's trust, why not do it?As for Liu Pan's death, it was caused by Wei Yan, and had nothing to do with me. I can say that I planned to treat Liu Pan well after the capture of Wancheng. Anyway, I can make up whatever I want after the parties are dead.

It has to be said that Cao Cao's move is still very effective. It is a great courtesy to pursue the deceased general with a hostile position, so that Huang Zhong's opinion of Cao Cao has improved a lot.Cao Cao then went to recruit Huang Zhong himself, with the utmost sincerity in his words and deeds.The grace of saving the son comes first, and the love of pursuing the title comes second. Now that Cao Cao condescends to invite him in person, how can Huang Zhong not be moved by this, so he returns to Cao Cao and expresses his willingness to serve him.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and immediately proclaimed Huang Zhong as a general.

———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Time quickly entered 196 AD.

At the beginning of the year, Emperor Xian issued an edict to change the year name to Yuan Jian'an.

In the past year, a lot of great things happened.

First, there were successive battles between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu. The two sides fought many times. Although most of the time they were small fights, major conflicts were not uncommon, but most of the time, Cao Jun had the upper hand.At the end of last year, Huang Zhong shot and killed Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling in front of the formation of the two armies, which greatly damaged Yuan Shu's army's vitality.

On the other hand, Wucheng Hou Sunjian also completely dominated the entire Jiangdong.After unifying all the big and small forces in Jiangdong, Sun Jian went to the court to ask him to be a former general and worship Wuhou.At this time, Cao Cao was dealing with Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao, the great enemy in the north, did not want to turn against Sun Jian, so he agreed.

After Sun Jian became Marquis of Wu, he turned his attention to the north, intending to defeat Yuan Shu and seize his longevity, and use it as a base for his Central Plains strategy.His son Sun Ce's friend, Jianwei Zhonglang, persuaded Zhou Yu: "There are many princes in the north, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are the heroes of one side. Although Jiangdong is determined today, it is still inferior to Yuan and Cao in terms of strength. It is unwise to attack Liu Biao in the west. If Jingzhou can be captured, the lands of Jing and Wu can be connected together. In addition, with the natural danger of the Yangtze River blocking, no matter how the situation in the north changes, the lord can separate one side and occupy an invincible position. At that time If Yuan and Cao fight, my lord can still wait for the opportunity to take advantage of the fisherman."

Regarding Zhou Yu's suggestion, Sun Jian praised it as good, and proceeded to attack Jingzhou.Also at the end of last year, Sun Jian left veteran generals such as Cheng Pu and Huang Gai to garrison various places in Jiangdong.After more than a month, Jiang Xia was defeated, and Huang Zu was killed by Sun Ce.

Losing the northern barrier Wancheng and the southern barrier Jiangxia one after another, the situation Liu Biao faced was extremely bad.

Also last year, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan passed away, and his son Liu Zhang succeeded him and took charge of Yizhou.

Ma Teng and Han Sui lived steadily in Liangzhou, and their influence became stronger day by day, gradually becoming the big lords of one side.

In the past year, there were constant turmoil, and less than half a month after entering the first year of Jian'an, another earth-shattering event happened: Yuan Shao presented himself to the emperor and asked him to be named Duke of Ye.

It is said that it has been several years since Yuxi fell into Yuan Shao's hands.With such a precious thing in his possession, how could Yuan Shao's ambition be restrained?

A person's mind is closely related to the environment around him and the things he owns.In history, when Yuan Shu obtained the jade seal from Sun Ce, his ambition was greatly inflated, and he made an absurd act of proclaiming himself emperor.But in this time and space, since there is no temptation from the jade seal, although Yuan Shu's ambitions are not small, he has never had the idea of ​​proclaiming himself emperor.

Since Yuan Shao got the jade seal, he has always had other thoughts in his heart.It's just that he is not as foolish and foolish as his brother, who pretends to be emperor. He is well aware of the serious consequences that his actions will lead to.

It's a pity that the existence of Chuan Guo Yuxi is like the most vicious curse, constantly tempting Yuan Shao's heart.

If you can't be called emperor, you can always be called king.

However, when Yuan Shao put forward his idea of ​​becoming king to many advisers, he was unanimously opposed.Even Guo Tu and Tian Feng, who were usually at odds with each other and whose opinions were bound to the left, were speaking with the same voice at this moment, resolutely opposing Yuan Shao's claiming the king.

"It is not the Liu family who is the king, and the whole world will fight against it." The fate of being a king may not be better than being an emperor. Principles and bottom lines are far from being broken.

However, although both Guo Tu and Tian Feng opposed Yuan Shao becoming king, they still had huge differences in specific details.

Tian Feng resolutely opposed all of Yuan Shao's presumptuous actions, while Guo Tu asked Yuan Shao to lower his requirements one step, not to be called the king, but to be called the official first.

Since the Zhou Dynasty, there have been five ranks of nobles in the world: Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Nan.During the Warring States period, the Qin State underwent Shang Yang's reform, and there were [-] ranks in it.After Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and established the Han Dynasty, he still inherited the [-]th rank system of the Qin Dynasty in the title system, and the highest title was "Hou".At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang also conferred eight heroic officials with different surnames as kings, but soon after that, he eliminated them one by one, and stipulated that no one with the surname of Liu could be a king.Now what Guo Tu came up with was such a compromise and workaround method, the court reestablished the public name on the table, and at the same time Yuan Shao took the title of Lord Ye himself.In this way, Yuan Shao's position is above all the princes in the world, which can be said to be extremely glorious, but the position of duke is inferior to that of king, which is definitely not a violation of the imperial edict of the former emperor.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard about Guo Tuce.Immediately ignoring the persuasive persuasion of Tian Feng, Jushou and others, the imperial court imitated the ancient system and set up one of the princes, and asked himself to be the Duke of Ye.

As soon as this watch arrived in Xuchang, there was an uproar immediately.